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New PM’s likely chief of staff, James Purnell, runs lobbying firm whose clients include tech giants and water companies
Government failed to declare meeting with top Global Counsel clients, and says no notes were taken at several meetings
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Plus, the firm’s former boss Varun Chandra is entitled to six-figure payout, despite working for Starmer
Firms can get direct access to tech minister and No 10 advisers in exchange for sponsoring tech event, brochure says
From ICE to Gaza, Palantir is complicit in violent US hegemony. Why do we keep giving it contracts?
The secondment, which comes as ministers court private finance, ended on same day we asked the government about it
Extreme weather is already killing people across Global South, but fossil fuel lobby’s influence is preventing change
The party is steamrolling ahead with deregulation that will benefit big businesses at the expense of consumers. Why?
